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List Price: $19.98
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes, Quinn Lord
Directed By: Michael Dougherty
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WARNER HOME VIDEO
EAN: 0085391176190
Feature: TRICK 'R TREAT 2009 (DVD MOVIE)
Format: AC-3
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2009-10-06
Running Time: 82
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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TRICK 'R TREAT 2009 (DVD MOVIE)
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Editorial Reviews:
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The doorbell rings, the cry goes out: Trick 'R Treat! But, wait. What's actually going on during this ghostly All Hallows Eve? Something eerie and unexpected. Something splattered and spooky. Something that brings ghouls, vampires and werewolves into the night. Answer the door – a shocking surprise awaits. From producer Bryan Singer (director of X-Men and Superman Returns) and writer-director Michael Dougherty (co-scripter of X2 and Superman Returns) comes a multitale bag of wicked yarns, four cleverly interlocked stories built on Shocktober admonitions like always check the candy and don’t extinguish the jack-o-lantern before midnight. So answer the door now: Experience horror made for today's fright fan.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Confusing and Lacking.
Comment: This movie was about five plots in one. It jumped around so much and not everything came together in the end. I gave it one star because it was a little wierd and creepie but lacked a lot. If you watch it, be prepared to be confused.
Customer Rating:
Summary: BOOOO
Comment: I was happy the movie arrived so fast so my family and I sat down to watch it and we were so disappointed.Half way through the movie my son fell asleep.It wasn't scary at all.For a real horror fan this was a waste of time but for someone who easily gets scared this is for you.To each is own but I say NEXT!!!
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Summary: TRICK 'R TREAT blows away expectations! A treat, indeed!
Comment: In October of 2007, a film was briefly marketed and then abruptly shelved by Warner Brothers. The film in question was Michael Dougherty's TRICK `R TREAT, and the theatrical trailer looked promising. Audiences were frustrated when Warner Brothers repeatedly pushed back the release date, and then, without warning, pulled the film completely out of the public eye.
There are a few reasons why this would have happened. For instance, Warner Brothers had just suffered from the box office dud that was SUPERMAN RETURNS, which was directed by Bryan Singer and was written by Michael Dougherty, who eventually helmed TRICK `R TREAT. Both individuals were probably seen as potential risk hazards for executives at Warner Brothers considering the failure of their previous film. Another reason could have been that they simply did not want to compete with the latest SAW-fest. Whatever the case, the people responsible for the marketing of this film should be ashamed - very ashamed - of themselves. TRICK `R TREAT premiered at several different film festivals, and won the audience award at Screamfest. Harry Knowles and other critics hailed it as one of the greatest Halloween films ever made. With all of the positive hype surrounding the film, no one could quite understand why the good people at WB had remained silent about it.
As of next Tuesday, TRICK `R TREAT will be released...on DVD. Now, there is a stigma attached to straight-to-DVD fare. This is for a reason. Getting a straight-to-DVD release is a bona-fide guarantee that the film sucks. It's never a good sign. However, TRICK `R TREAT is the exception to that rule. Technically, you could say that it doesn't qualify in the S.T.D.V.D. hall of shame simply because it actually screened in theatres, and won awards and critical acclaim, and you'd be right. The film is excellent. It is everything that you would expect it to be and more. It is the little Hallow's Eve indie that could, and has already gained a strong cult following.
What we have here is an homage to eighties horror films, such as CREEPSHOW, TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE, and CAT'S EYE. Each film is basically split up into three or four segments, each one telling a different story. TRICK `R TREAT follows this formula, but the narrative structure has more in common with PULP FICTION than anything else. The film is fun. It's not going to keep you up at night, but if you are on its wavelength, you are going to have one hell of a good time! With all of that being said, the film does have it's disturbing moments, but the humor contained within the film tends to balance it all out. We have stories of demons, zombies, werewolves, vampires...we even have a story that centers around an elementary school principal - played by Dylan Baker, with just the right amount of creepiness that made his deranged character in HAPPINESS so memorable and disturbing - who just so happens to be a serial killer. He knocks off children one by one by poisoning their candy. Afterwards, he proceeds to bury them in his backyard, while his son watches admiringly from the window. Yeah, this segment of the film was pretty controversial, and was probably another factor that caused mainstream film executives to shelve the film.
In short, it's the most fun that I have had with this particular genre in a long time! Both creepy and hilarious at the same time, this film delivers what it promises, and for those of you who have followed the film up until now, I can tell you this: believe the hype, it's all true - one of the best Halloween films that I have ever seen. If you love Halloween as much as I do, you'll understand why I loved it so much! Michael Dougherty has given us an instant classic.
Also stars Anna Paquin (THE PIANO, True Blood) and Brian Cox (BRAVEHEART, ADAPTATION).
Customer Rating:
Summary: Bad horror movie
Comment: This movie is terrible. I love scary movies, but this was just awful. The story is bad (it's several mini-stories) and it really isn't frightening. It's more like a spoof movie except that it's not funny either.
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Summary: Sammy Sammy Little Sammy
Comment: I love this Halloween tale of fun & scary things in the night.It's great story telling here & just fun as can be as dead mouse in your cheese whiz.I wish my Halloween days were as much fun,got candy,give it up."Trick'r Treat" is a new classic these days,anthology of fun.Sammy,Sammy,Your my new hero. So,if you want fun on a dark night, this is one of the all time best horror around.5 stars.If you want to know about little Sammy, see the movie.
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